Irfan Fandi

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Irfan bin Fandi Ahmad (born 13 August 1997), better known as Irfan Fandi or just Irfan, is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national team. Earlier in his career, he played as a striker and a winger before switching to the centre-back position. In 2013, he was listed as one of Goal.com's Top 20 Southeast Asian Rising Stars. In 2014, Irfan was also named as one of the top 40 best young talents in world football on The Guardian. Irfan began his footballing career by going through the youth system at the National Football Academy (NFA), with subsequent stints and trials at various clubs before debuting as a professional at the age of 18 at top tier Chilean Primera División side Universidad Católica in 2015. Although Irfan was offered a two-year contract by the club, he rejected it to return to Singapore. For the next three years, Irfan played for local clubs the Young Lions and Home United. Around...

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